Key clinical recommendationLabelReferences
Most patients with palpitations are diagnosed with an arrhythmia or panic disorder.C1
The identification of panic disorder in patients with palpitations can be assisted with the use of screening questionnaires.C9
Unless palpitations occur daily, event monitors are more cost effective than 24-hour or 48-hour Holter monitors in the diagnosis of intermittent arrhythmias.B19
Patients with palpitations caused by premature ventricular contractions, who have a normal heart evaluation, have no increased mortality.B23